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Gabriel Fauré

Pelléas et Mélisande, op. posth.

Incidental music

Composed 1898 Orchestral

Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80 is a suite derived from incidental music by Gabriel Fauré for Maurice Maeterlinck's play of the same name. He was the first of four leading composers to write music inspired by Maeterlinck's drama. Debussy, Schoenberg and Sibelius followed in the first decade of the 20th century.

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Movements

  1. Prélude
  2. Andante moderato
  3. Lento
  4. Sicilienne
  5. Andante moderato
  6. Andante molto moderato
  7. Lento
  8. Andante moderato
  9. Allegro moderato
  10. Fileuse
  11. Chanson de Mélisande
  12. Allegretto moderato
  13. Allegretto moderato
  14. Andante
  15. Andante moderato
  16. Interlude
  17. La mort de Mélisande
  18. Andante quasi Allegro
  19. Prélude
  20. Fileuse
  21. Sicilienne
  22. La mort de Mélisande

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